Republic of Korea Air Force

Republic of Korea Air Force 대한민국 공군 (Daehanminguk Gong-gun)
Mark of the Republic of Korea Air Force
Active	October 1, 1949 – present
Country	Republic of Korea
Type	Air Force
Size	65,000(2008)[1]
Part of	Ministry of National Defense
Garrison/HQ	Gyeryong
Mascot	Haneuli / Purumae
Aircraft	840(2009)
Engagements	Korean War Vietnam War Gulf War War on Terrorism
Commanders
Air Force Chief of Staff	General Park, Jong Heon(2010.9.30~)
Insignia
Roundel
	Aircraft Aircraft Origin Type Versions In service Notes Fighter Aircraft Boeing F-15E Strike Eagle United States fighter-bomber F-15K Slam Eagle 42 (60) 18 more under delivery; one crashed airplane is being replaced free of charge Lockheed F-16 Fighting Falcon United States fighter fighter-trainer fighter fighter-trainer F-16C Block 32 F-16D Block 32 KF-16C Block 52 KF-16D Block 52 28 7 90 44 KF-16 built by KAI under license (hull production had terminated in 2005; ROKAF received a total of 180 (K)F-16C/D by then) McDonnell-Douglas F-4 Phantom II United States fighter-bomber F-4E 68 Northrop F-5E Tiger II United States fighter fighter-trainer fighter fighter-trainer F-5E F-5F KF-5E KF-5F 174 F-5E/F to be replaced by FA-50 KF-5 built by Korean Air under license Transport Aircraft Avro 748 United Kingdom VIP transport HS.748 2 Tail numbers 1713 and 1718 Boeing 737-300 United States VIP transport 737-3Z8 1 Boeing 747-400 United States VIP transport 747-4B5 1 Leased from Korean Air CASA CN-235 Spain Indonesia tactical transport CN-235-100 CN-235-220 12 8 built by CASA built by IAE 6 transport and 2 VVIP airplanes in the Indonesian batch Lockheed C-130 Hercules United States tactical transport C-130H C-130H-30 8 4 Antonov An-2 Ukraine tactical transport An-2 10 Approximately operated from Seongmu AB, presumably for use by special forces. Reconnaissance Aircraft BAe 125 Hawker 800 United Kingdom reconnaissance signals intelligence Hawker 800RA Hawker 800SIG 4 4 McDonnell-Douglas F-4 Phantom II United States reconnaissance RF-4C 18 KAI KA-1 Ungbi South Korea forward air control & liaison KA-1 20 Boeing 737 AEW&C United States AEW&C 737-700IGW 1 4 to be delivered until 2012 under Peace Eye program Trainer Aircraft BAE Hawk United Kingdom trainer T-59 Hawk 67 16 Ilyushin Il-103 Russia trainer T-103 23 KAI KT-1 Ungbi South Korea trainer KT-1 85 KAI T-50 Golden Eagle South Korea advanced trainer aerobatic specialized CRT trainer/light attacker light fighter/attacker T-50 T-50B A-50 FA-50 50 10 4 (22) 0 (60) under delivery under development Helicopters Bell UH-1H Iroquis United States utility helicopter UH-1H 13 Bell UH-1N Twin Huey United States transport helicopter 212 UH-1N 2 3 Boeing CH-47 Chinook United States rescue helicopter HH-47D 7 Sikorsky HH-60 Pave Hawk United States VIP transport rescue helicopter VH-60P HH-60P 10 Sikorsky S-92A Superhawk United States VIP transport helicopter S-92A 3 Kamov Ka-32 Helix-C Russia rescue helicopter Ka-32T 7 Eurocopter AS 532 Cougar Indonesia VIP transport helicopter AS 532 3 built by IPTN [edit] Air Defense Air Defense Artillery Origin Type Versions In service Notes Raytheon MIM-104 Patriot United States surface-to-air missile PAC-2 GEM/T 6 batteries former German Bundeswehr equipment; 48 fire units and 192 missiles Raytheon MIM-23 Hawk United States surface-to-air missile HAWK-XXI 24 batteries 600 MIM-23K missiles; Integrated with AN/MPQ-64 Sentinel MBDA Mistral France MANPADS To be replaced by KP-SAM